[KoRn]

Yes, Windows boots fine. I can get to LILO, and choose Linux.

Here's what happens:

BIOS DATA CHECK OK, BOOTING KERNEL.

(System reboots)

It does this over and over, after I updated my BIOS. The BIOS update was by flashing from an executable file downloaded from the Compaq website.

This even happens when I run the Mandrake 10.1 install CD's. It also happens when I attempt to run 'Damn Small Linux from CDROM.

All I know is there is something about that BIOS update that the Kernel doesn't like, that wasn't there before because Linux used to run great on my system.

[N3WBI3]

Have you tried booting into different run levels?